"Madam, When You're Going to Have a Baby, You Don't Take a Number"
From: Johanna (Jones) Franzel
Length: 04:09
A few days before she gave birth, Elizabeth learned she was carrying not one baby, but two. She tells the story of delivering her twins in a French Canadian hospital, 25 years ago. A cast of characters--including an impatient nurse and untrained doctor--help her through, and on the other side she's left to ponder how to care for this sudden family of three. Single, with no money or support, she turns to her child. "Hello Baby," Elizabeth says to her newborn. "How am I going to look after you, and the other one over there?"
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A few days before she gave birth, Elizabeth learned she was carrying not one baby, but two. She tells the story of delivering her twins in a French Canadian hospital, 25 years ago. A cast of characters--including an impatient nurse and untrained doctor--help her through, and on the other side she's left to ponder how to care for this sudden family of three. Single, with no money or support, she turns to her child. "Hello Baby," Elizabeth says to her newborn. "How am I going to look after you, and the other one over there?"
Cheryl-Anne Millsap
Posted on August 20, 2005 at 11:38 AM | Permalink
Review of "Madam, When You're Going to Have a Baby, You Don't Take a Number"
I found this to be a very tender and evocative piece.That said, I would like to know more:
Who is Elizabeth? What was her story before the babies were born, and what happened after the births?